I would ask those who read this blog to be in prayer for a mission team that just arrived in India.

They will be working with missionaries in an area where there are 54,000 cities, towns, and villages. 48,000 of those have no Christians and no missionaries to tell them of the good news of the gospel of King Jesus. In that context, I recently tracked down 30 of the largest unreached and unengaged people groups in the world. The numbers are staggering. Please consider taking a moment to read through the list, focusing on the massive numbers of people who have little or no opportunity to hear the gospel. Unless something changes, most of them will never encounter a church, a Christian, or a Bible.

People Group

Country

Population

Algerian, Arabic-speaking

Algeria

24,526,000

Arab, Moroccan

Morocco

13,531,000

Arab, Saudi-Hijazi

Saudi Arabia

8,207,000

Arab, Saudi-Najdi

Saudi Arabia

10,943,000

Arain, Muslim

Pakistan

10,663,000

Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk

Iran

14,711,000

Baloch, Eastern

Pakistan

7,660,000

Bania

India

25,717,000

Bhil

India

13,371,000

Brahman

India

54,955,000

Chamar

India

48,011,00

Hui

China

12,646,000

Jat, Muslim

Pakistan

32,013,000

Kapu

India

14,613,000

Koiri

India

7,050,00

Kumhar

India

13,702,000

Kurd, Kurmanji

India

8,141,000

Kurmi

India

16,469,000

Lohar

India

8,398,000

Mahratta

India

26,325,000

Mahratta Kunbi

India

6,556,000

Malay, Peninsular

Malaysia

8,605,000

Mali

India

8,490,000

Mappila

India

8,844,000

Nai

India

10,531,000

Pashtun, Northern

Pakistan

22,522,000

Rajput, Muslim

Pakistan

16,922,000

Santal

India

7,694,000

Shaikh

Bangladesh

132,950,000

Shaikh

India

73,079,000

Shaikh

Pakistan

12,230,000

Somali

Somalia

7,877,000

Turk

Turkey

52,739,000

Uyghur

China

10,833,000

Yadav

India

54,272,000

Will we pray? Will we give? And… who will go? We truly should pray not, “Lord, should I go?” No, we should rather pray, “Lord, why should I stay!!”

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